Abandoned Engineering — Season 8
Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
About this season
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Episodes (12)
1. Heroes & Villains
7.0Aired 30 July 2021 • 44 min
The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.
2. Paradise Lost
9.0Aired 6 August 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico, and a remote village on Cyprus.
3. A Royal Deception
8.0Aired 13 August 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.
4. Mafia Seaside Resort
7.0Aired 20 August 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.
5. The Giant Speaker
7.0Aired 27 August 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.
6. Cathedral of Sewage
7.0Aired 3 September 2021 • 44 min
An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.
7. The Secret Bunker
7.0Aired 10 September 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.
8. The Battle of San Pietro
8.0Aired 17 September 2021 • 44 min
Featuring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.
9. Divine Intervention
7.0Aired 24 September 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.
10. Shadow of the Wars
7.0Aired 1 October 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA, a fairy-tale castle in Poland and AngloSaxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland.
11. Death In Paradise
8.0Aired 8 October 2021 • 44 min
Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.
12. Before The Crown
8.0Aired 15 October 2021 • 44 min
This episode travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in?ruins.